Torquay Grammar School for Girls

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name = Torquay Grammar School for Girls


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street = 30 Shiphay Lane
city = Torquay
county = Devon
country = England
postcode = TQ2 7DY
LEA = Torbay
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gender = Girls
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Torquay Girls' Grammar School is a secondary school in Torquay, Devon, England.

History

It was founded in 1915, and moved to its current site, surrounded by its own playing fields, in 1939. The shell of the 1939 building still stands, however, the interior rooms have been extensively altered and refurbished to provide up to date facilities. The Sixth Form Centre and some subjects used to be housed in Shiphay Manor which is situated a short distance from the main school, but now all classes have been relocated to main site.

In 1995 the Haystacks building was opened (art, english and geography), and in 2007, the Roberts building was opened (languages, history, new library/learning resource centre). In July 2008, the Cross building was officially opened - the new music and drama block. There is also a new Sixth Form block.

The school purchased its own residential study centre in Brittany, in 1990.

ixth Form

In the Sixth Form many lessons are shared with the neighbouring Torquay Boys' Grammar School allowing students to benefit from each school's specialities. The two Lower Sixths USED TO share the Lower Sixth common room in Shiphay Manor, owned by the Girls' Grammar, while the two Upper Sixths share the Upper Sixth common room in the Sixth Form (formerly 'E') Block of the Boys' Grammar. Now two new buildings, a new sixth form block, and a new music and drama suite, have been finished and the sixth form have lessons in their new block.

References

External links

* [http://www.tggs.torbay.sch.uk/ Official site of school]